Gaylord Palms

Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
Gaylord Palms, as viewed from the front
General information
Location	6000 West Osceola Parkway Kissimmee, Florida
Opening	February, 2002
Owner	Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
Management	Marriott International
Technical details
Floor count	9
Design and construction
Architect	Hnedak Bobo Group, Inc.
Other information
Number of rooms	1406
Number of suites	106
Number of restaurants	4
Website
Gaylord Palms

Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center, opened in Kissimmee, Florida, on February 2, 2002. It also acts as the de facto convention center for Osceola County, Florida, until plans for their own dedicated convention center are realized. With 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m²) of total meeting space, the Gaylord Palms has the second most meeting space of any hotel in the state of Florida. It also has a total of 1,406 guest rooms.

Gaylord Palms is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and operated by Marriott International. It is a sister hotel to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, and Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. It is located at the corner of International Drive South and Osceola Parkway, about ¹⁄₂ mile (800 m) east of Interstate 4, ¹⁄₂ mile (800 m) west of the Central Florida GreeneWay, 1-mile (1.6 km) north of US 192 and only a few miles away from Walt Disney World Resort.

Gaylord Palms was originally to be named Opryland Hotel Florida. However, when Gaylord Entertainment decided to re-brand their Opryland Hotels division to Gaylord Hotels on October 26, 2001, the name Gaylord Palms was given to the Florida hotel.

Gaylord Palms conducts Christmas programming with large-scale events like Best of Florida Christmas and ICE!, an attraction hand-carved from two million pounds of ice.